bodes
Hints at outcomes
Bodes is the third person singular of bode, meaning to be an omen or sign of something to come.
It almost always appears with well or ill: This weather bodes well for the harvest, Her silence bodes ill for our chances.
Something that bodes well suggests a favorable outcome; something that bodes ill portends trouble.
Predicts future conditions
- anticipatesExpects before it happens
- foreseesPerceives in advance
- projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
- prognosticatesForetells based on signs
prophesies · foretells · predicts · extrapolates · envisions · prefigures · adumbrates · forewarns
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- omenProphetic indicator
- signMark conveying information
warning · forewarning · augury · auspice · premonition · foreshadowing · herald · precursor
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- augurOne who reads omens
seer · scrying · tarot · astrology · sibyl · clairvoyance · prognostication · necromancy
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
suspicion · presentiment · foresight · premonition · sense · feeling · impression · misgiving
forecasts
Predicts future conditions
- anticipatesExpects before it happens
- foreseesPerceives in advance
- projectsOrganized efforts toward goals
prognosticates · prophesies · foretells · predicts · extrapolates · envisions · prefigures · adumbrates · forewarns · heralds
portent
Sign of future calamity
sign · warning · forewarning · augury · auspice · premonition · foreshadowing · herald · precursor · indicator
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayingForetelling future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augur · seer · scrying · tarot · astrology · sibyl · clairvoyance · prognostication · necromancy · pyromancy
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
inkling · suspicion · presentiment · foresight · premonition · sense · feeling · impression · misgiving · apprehension
bodesconfirms
Establishes as fact
proves · establishes · verifies · demonstrates · guarantees
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